Editor’s Note: Encyclo has not been regularly updated since August 2014, so information posted here is likely to be out of date and may be no longer accurate. It’s best used as a snapshot of the media landscape at that point in time.

The Globe and Mail is Canada’s second-largest newspaper by print circulation. Its roots trace back to the founding of the Globe in 1844, and its current majority owner is The Woodbridge Co., a private Canadian media holding company that also holds a majority share of Thomson Reuters.

One of the Globe and Mail’s most popular columnists, Margaret Wente, was disciplined for plagiarism in 2012 regarding a 2009 column. The paper’s public editor initially wrote a light review of the charge, which was widelycriticized and led to the newly created public editor position being reorganized to report to the paper’s publisher, rather than its editor in chief.

China’s big move into African media — In The Globe and Mail, Geoffrey York has a piece on China’s expansion into African media: When one of South Africa’s biggest newspaper chains was sold last month, an odd name was buried in the list of new owners:...

Byliner is a publishing start-up that publishes narrative nonfiction e-books and showcases long-form journalism. Founded in summer 2011 by John Tayman, Byliner has billed itself as a way for long-form journalism to get the attention it deserves. It typically publishes stories longer than typical magazine pieces but shorter than books. Its publishing arm, Byliner Originals,…

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